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Posted By: Adam J. Baxter

Hi everyone,

I won this neat item at auction on ebay back in April. I have tried to find any info I can on it, but thus far I've come up empty. I'll give a description of it below.

The ribbon is made of a silk-like, shiny fabric that is golden yellow in color. The text on front is blue. the text reads: " South End Base Ball and Social Club Committee". There is nothing on the back. The ends have an even fraying or frill. I know that there is a South End in Boston and I think one in Philadelphia. I deduced from the style of the text that the ribbon may from the 1890's period, however I'm not sure. I won the ribbon for just under 50.00. Any info or opinion anyone may have regarding this ribbon's possible geographical point of origin, period it was made or value would be greatly appreciated. I have searched all over the web for info on 19th century baseball ribbons and the "South End Base Ball and Social Club Committee" and found basically no information of any kind.

*I had some difficulty uploading a scan for some reason, so I included the ebay link of this for anyone who'd like to view an image of it.

LINK:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=403&item=3605105214

Thanks,
Adam